The weather consisted of moderate/strong southerly winds and sunny intervals. Seawatching highlights included single Shelduck, Gadwall, 25 Wigeon, seven Shoveler, four Pintail, 203 Teal and a Tufted Duck flying south. A Greenshank moved north, with 12 Knot and 30 Dunlin heading south. Frustratingly, a phalarope species was harried by gulls and flew out to sea before its identity was clinched. Single juvenile Mediterranean and Yellow-legged Gulls flew south, whilst one Bonxie and four Arctic Skuas were also recorded.
Thornwick Pools attracted 14 Teal, four Dunlin and a Green Sandpiper. The gull flock adjacent to Old Fall contained three Caspian Gulls – a juvenile, a first-winter and an adult (Plep) – as well as an adult Yellow-legged Gull.
Buckton Ponds hosted two Little Egrets.
